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Basic Info

First Air: July 29, 2012

Rating: ⭐ 8.0/10 (2 votes)

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 3

Last Episode

Name: Patagonian Mountains

Season: 1, Episode: 3

Air Date: 2012-08-12

Runtime: 60 min

Natural history series about wildlife at night culminates at the wild and windswept tip of South America. Coming face to face with the widest-ranging cat in the Americas - the puma - camerawoman Justine Evans attempts to film their nocturnal hunting behaviour for the first time. Even further south, Gordon Buchanan dives into the icy waters of the Strait of Magellan to solve a mystery - scientists have heard humpback whales moving close to the shore at night, but have no idea what they could be doing. And Dr. George McGavin attaches a miniature tracking device to a vampire bat's back to discover whose blood it is feeding on.

Videos

Vampire Bats feeding on Sea Lions | The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World | BBC Earth (YouTube)

Wild Puma Plays like a Kitten | The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World | BBC Earth (YouTube)

Puma Stares Down Camera Crew | The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World | BBC Earth (YouTube)

Never Before Seen Giant Anteater Behaviour | The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World | BBC Earth (YouTube)

Swimming Cricket Bites Zoologist | The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World | BBC Earth (YouTube)

Zoologist spots Three Toed Sloth on Riverbank | The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World | BBC Earth (YouTube)

The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World

2012 1 seasons 3 episodes ⭐ 8.0/10 2 votes

Overview

A new perspective on wildlife at night. A team of biologists and specialist camera crew explore the length of South and Central America to find out how animals have adapted to life in the dark.